March 7, 2016 – HWBOT, an organization regulating international overclocking competitions and rankings today announces its participation at Gamers Assembly in Poitiers France. Inviting PC enthusiasts, gamers and overclockers to a weekend of overclocking fun, the European leg of the HWBOT World Tour promises to be the biggest of the year. In partnership with MSI, the HWBOT World Tour hosts a series of events at Gamers Assembly, one the biggest eSport and PC gaming events of the year. From March 25th to 28th visitors will be able to enjoy the MSI OC Academy Workshop, MSI MOA 2016 Europe competition plus a social environment where enthusiasts, gamers and overclockers can mix and socialize while learning more about Overclocking.

“We return to Poitiers hopeful of building on the success we enjoyed on the World Tour last year with the aim of making 2016 even bigger and more enjoyable,” commented Pieter-Jan Plaisier, Director at HWBOT. “Gamers Assembly is a fantastic opportunity to interface with Europe’s gaming community, exposing them to the fun and competitive nature of Overclocking.”

The HWBOT World Tour 2016

The HWBOT World Tour is a series of overclocking events held at various locations around the world throughout the year. The aim is to provide a relaxed social environment for overclockers to learn, share and compete. To help nurture the next generation of overclockers, the World Tour provides open overclocking workshops that offer an overclocking experience where first timers can learn simple tricks and tweaks that can improve their system’s performance.

No overclocking event would be complete without some real competitive OC action. Each World Tour event integrates overclocking contests for both amateur and extreme overclocking. Both Amateur and Extreme category overclocking contests include some great prizes for the winners, while the Extreme Series offers a chance to compete in the World Championship in Berlin at the end of the year.

Gamers Assembly, Poitiers, France: Event Schedule

The HWBOT World Tour 2016 at Gamers Assembly runs from March 25th – 28th with doors open from friday 25th at 6pm onwards.

MSI MOA 2016 Europe

Overclocking Competitions for both Amateur and Extreme overclockers. Quarter Finals, Semi-Finals and Finals will run from Monday (28th) 9am to 4pm as a 1vs1 matches. Competition rules to be announced soon jointly by HWBOT and MSI.

MSI OC Academy

Overclocking classes for amateurs taught by local overclockers. Ideal for first time overclockers. Saturday (26th) and Sunday (27th) from 10am to 8pm. Note: the best amateurs will qualify for the MSI MOA Europe Amateur contest (see below).

BYOC Bench Party

A BYOC (Bring Your Own Computer) bench party for extreme and enthusiast overclockers will be held during the entire event. LN2 is included and available in large quantities.

Competition Prizes

Our partners MSI, Seasonic and Klevv are also offering great prizes for both MSI MOA 2016 Europe and MSI OC Academy overclocking contests in Poitiers. The winners, runners up and third place finishers of each contest will take home the following.

MSI MOA 2016 Europe

1st Place:

Ticket to HWBOT World Championship

USD $2,500

Seasonic Platinum P-760 Power Supply

MSI Gaming Z170A XPOWER GAMING TE Motherboard

Klevv DDR4 Cras Memory

Streacom BC1 “Special HWT 2016 Edition” Benchtable

2nd Place:

USD $1,500

MSI Gaming Z170A XPOWER GAMING TE Motherboard

Seasonic Platinum P-760 Power Supply

Streacom BC1 “Special HWT 2016 Edition” Benchtable

3rd Place:

USD $1,000

Seasonic Platinum P-760 Power Supply

Klevv DDR4 Cras Memory

MSI OC Academy

1st Place:

Seasonic Platinum P-760 Power Supply

MSI Gaming Z170A Gaming Pro Carbon Motherboard

Klevv DDR4 Cras Memory

Streacom BC1 “Special HWT 2016 Edition” Benchtable

2nd Place:

MSI Gaming Z170A Gaming Pro Carbon Motherboard

Seasonic Platinum P-760 Power Supply

Streacom BC1 “Special HWT 2016 Edition” Benchtable

3rd Place:

Seasonic Platinum P-760 Power Supply

Klevv DDR4 Cras Memory

Live Stream

If you are unable to attend the HWBOT World Tour in France, you can enjoy a live stream of the event on Twitch. Overclocking-TV will provide a cast of the action from the World Series contests as it unfolds on Monday March 28th, 9am to 4pm. More details will be available prior to the event.

HWBOT World Tour 2016: Sponsors

The HWBOT World Tour 2016 would not be possible without the support of its sponsors and partners.

Premium Event Sponsors

MSI: As a leading manufacturer of enthusiast grade PC components, HWBOT is delighted to announce MSI as a premium HWBOT World Tour event sponsors. All motherboards used during the Gamers Assembly World Tour event will be provided by MSI.

Official Event Partners

Seasonic: As HWBOT World Tour partners, Seasonic has pledged to provide Platinum Series PSUs for use throughout the World Tour.

Klevv: Premium PC memory vendor Klevv will provide samples of their high-end DDR4 modules to be used throughout the Gaming Assembly.

Event Partners

F.F.O.C. (The French Overclocking Federation)

HWBOT is also teaming up with the newly formed F.F.O.C. (French Overclocking Federation), an organisation that assists in the development of Overclocking as an eSport in France. The F.F.O.C. members include dozens of dedicated overclockers that make up Cowcotland and Klan-OC while the President is Wizerty, one of France’s most well known and respected overclockers. The F.F.O.C. will conduct the MSI Academy classes during the Gamers Assembly World Tour event.

World Championship Finals: Dec 2016 – Berlin, Germany

The climax of the World Tour will be the Championship Finals held in Germany at the Caseking Bootcamp in Berlin. The six World Series winners from each of the HWBOT World Tour events will be flown to Berlin, Germany to participate in a head to head OC competition at the Caseking Bootcamp, a spacious area where LN2 will be provided in abundance for all eight overclockers.

For any questions regarding this event or the HWBOT World Tour 2016 in general, please contact us at: contact@hwbot.org

Details on the competition / hardware and structure will be published on Monday.

Meanwhile for those who want to join, I'd advise you to take care of ticketing and accommodation. GA expects above 15k visitors and 1700 players this year, so if you don't want to sleep on the floor ... that would be the first priority

The schedule is really tight already - we have to line up with the Gamers Assembly opening hours too. Any schedule revision would be a pain so before we try it, can we have a head count of the amount of people that leave on Monday early?

Think we are being double decker sandwiched here man but I fear it will not be just us... In my book schedule has to be moved forward just to allow everybody to get back to the airport or travel safe home... for us there is no solution possible... we can nag in the car about it...